*banging pots and pans together* ITS NOT OVER! ITS NOT HOPELESS! IT CAN BE REVERSED! IT CAN BE SAVED! DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT BELIEVE THE BULLSHIT THAT WE ARE ALL DOOMED!!!
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to classify the world’s last wild population of red wolves as ‘nonessential.’
The red wolf is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and is among the most imperiled species in the world. Just 13 known wild red wolves survive in eastern North Carolina.
“It’s absurd for the Fish and Wildlife Service to conclude that the world’s last wild population of red wolves isn’t essential,” said Perrin de Jong, Southeast staff attorney at the Center. “It’s time for the agency to acknowledge that this persecuted population of endangered wolves is an irreplaceable part of Southeastern ecosystems. These severely imperiled animals deserve the highest level of protection.”
Today’s lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, notes that the Endangered Species Act defines an experimental population as ‘essential’ if the loss of the population would significantly reduce the likelihood of the species’ survival in the wild. Because the red wolf experimental population is the only wild population of the species, its loss would eliminate the species from the wild.
The law therefore compels the Service to designate the population as ‘essential’ and provide greater protections to the red wolves, the suit notes.
The Fam and I visited the Roger Williams Park Zoo today and I got some lovely shots of my most favorite animal that they have.
This beautiful girl is Saluda, and she is one-half of the mating pair that resides at RWZ.
The red wolf is the most endangered wolf species on the planet. There is only an estimated 20 left living on protected land in the wild, and approximately 240 in captivity within breeding programs like the one in place at RWZ.
I've always felt especially connected to Wolves, and it saddens me to know that they are in danger of dying out.
RWZ is my family's favorite zoo, and we purchase a membership every year, something I intend to continue doing for the foreseeable future so I can see all of Saluda's future puppies ❤️
From The Outer Banks Voice: A federally protected red wolf was found dead in Washington County, North Carolina along a fence line located south of Newland Road on May 18, […]
American red wolves are critically endangered and the most endangered wolf in the world due to poaching, trapping and habitat loss. According to the USFWS, there are only about 10 American red wolves living in the wild in North Carolina.
In addition to these, about 250 are in managed breeding programs like ours.Red wolves are a critically endangered species, found nowhere else in the world but North Carolina, and their range includes two wildlife refuges and a patchwork of federal, state, and private lands.
The total wild population is now estimated at around 20 to 25 animals, counting the eight animals just released ...
so, here's a couple of places where you can help the earth, poverty, Palestine and the working against extinction of red wolves!!
Heres the first link! This one, you pick your cause, it's free, and it does reminders by email. How it works is you pick which one (or several!!) you want to support, and all you have to do is click a button! By clicking the button, they donate to the cause(s) you picked!
https://arab.org/click-to-help/
And this one, the red wolf one, you can donate to help realive red wolves and spread awareness for them! It's super close to it's donation goal, I understand a lot of people cannot/don't want to donate, and that's cool too!!
There's more info on the website for both of these btw!! Check it out!!
You wanted someone to ask so you got me curious: Red Wolves?
ok so i don’t know much about red wolves in general but i do know a good bit about the reintroduction efforts in north carolina (aka the only wild population)
a red wolf pack usually consists of a breeding pair plus their offspring from various years.
in mid april the Milltail pack had a litter for the second year in a row! but but but that’s not even the cool part!!! after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service entered the den for a wellness check finding five pups (3 females, 2 males) adding to the breeding pair and their five yearling made the decision to place a captive born male pup of approximately the same age! growing the pack to 13! all six pups were spotted about a month and a half later!
other releases include:
a paired wild female and captive born male
a family of 3 captive born red wolves (two adults and a yearling) and their 4 pups
and a wild female, a captive born male and their 3 pups!
not so great news: one of the captive born males was found dead from undetermined causes and another had to be placed back in captivity due to his unwillingness to leave a neighborhood
as of august 2023 theres an estimated 23-25 wild red wolves 13 of which are known/collared! and 269 in captivity